Accounting Analyst
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PROFILE
An accounting professional with over ten years of experience working for an
International corporation, with focus in centralizing, auditing and
reporting. During those years developed leadership skills by running a
team of ten people, improving different Accounting centralizations and
control processes for the American markets (Latin America, Canada and US),
becoming a result oriented professional. Proven financial analysis,
reporting, balance sheet reconciliation, US GAAP application, and monthly
general ledger close skills.
work experience
IBM United States 09/08 - Today. North America Revenue Recognition
Accountant
Provide Technical Accounting Guidance to Planning, Sales,
Customer Fulfillment, and Gross profit Accounting departments
per GAAP and IBM's practices.
Review Contracts and determine revenue impacts according to the
Accounting Practices.
EITF analysis for Multiple Element Arrangements.
Responsible for the department's Sox testing.
Analysis of Revenue exceptions (accruals, deferrals, etc).
Analysis of concessions and its appropriate accounting
treatment.
Credit risk calculation related to distressed customers.
Multiple Element Arrangements balance sheet reconciliation.
Perform monthly accounting close processes.
IBM Regional 07/07 - 05/08. Canada Hardware Consolidation Team Leader
/ Supervisor (six people team)
Accounting Center Preparation of the monthly hardware financial
reporting package for Canada executives and the Americas accounting
consolidation team.
Leading the team with objectives such as motivate, organize,
control, delegate and reinforce accounting instructions.
Main team responsibilities: balance sheet reconciliations,
revenue deferrals, provision calculations, accruals.
Analysis of hardware activity, business analysis by brand,
contract review, revenue and gross profit analysis, revenue and
cost matching.
Prepare journal entries and perform all functions related to the
monthly general ledger close.
Development and implementation of new accounting processes that
improved efficiency, quality and productivity in terms of
reporting and daily tasks.
Centralization project coordinator.
08/06 - 07/07. Accounting Inventories Team Leader / Supervisor
(ten people team)
Reconciliation of inventory accounts for eleven Latin America
countries.
Main team responsibilities: reconcile inventory accounts,
update records miscoded in the cost systems.
Preparation of monthly reports and package for the local
inventory management and America's consolidation team.
Verify that all transactions were recorded according to US
GAAP, FASB 52 and IBM accounting instructions.
Preparation of flow charts and control points for SOX purposes.
Record of two satisfactory corporate audits passed.
06/04 - 08/06. Latin America Hardware Consolidation (Senior
Accountant)
Preparation of the monthly hardware financial reporting package
for the Americas accounting Headquarters.
US GAAP and accounting instructions ownership.
Three weeks in New York migrating the Consolidation desk to the
Regional Accounting Center.
06/03 - 06/04. Revenue Cost Matching Improvement Project Focal
Point - Inventory Department
Coordinate improvements on feeders that flow records to the
ledger in revenue or cost accounts with LA billing and cost system focal
points.
Prepare statistics based on information provided by different
feeders.
Standardization of desk procedures, control points and flow
charts to accomplish SOX testing.
07/98 - 06/03. Accounting Analyst - Ecuador / Fixed Assets &
Revenue Cost Matching Analyst for Accounting Argentina
Bank Reconciliation Analyst / Inventory Analyst.
education
Universidad de Buenos Aires
1995-2001 Bachelor of Science in Accounting
Certified Public Accountant in Argentina
additional skills
Microsoft Office Pack Brio SOX Testing
Lotus Pack (Notes, Lotus QMF US GAAP
123, Word Pro, Freelance)
FASB 52 and FASB 8 Hyperion SAP
languages
Spanish: Native French: Intermediate
English: Fluent Portuguese: Beginner
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